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clam

音標[kl?m] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 蛤, 沉默寡言的人
vi. 撈蛤
相關詞組:
clam up

詞型變化:

名詞:clammer 動詞過去式:clammed 過去分詞:clammed 現在分詞:clamming 第三人稱單數:clams 

英文解釋:

名詞 clam:

  1. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
  2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
    同義詞:dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck
  3. flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

動詞 clam:

  1. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

例句:

  1. Everybody shut up like a clam as soon as you mention it.
    你一提及此事,大家便都閉口不言
  2. A clam bed; an oyster bed.
    蛤養殖場; 蚝養殖場
  3. He is a clam about his business dealing.
    他對自己的生意買賣守口如瓶。

詳細解釋:


clam

n.(名詞)

Any of various usually burrowing marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks of the class Pelecypoda, including members of the generaVenus and Mya, many of which are edible.
蛤,蛤蜊:一種雙殼綱通常穴居的海洋及淡水雙瓣軟體動物,包括簾蛤屬海螂屬 的成員,其中許多可食用
The soft, edible body of such a mollusk.
蛤肉:該種軟體動物的柔軟、可食用的軟體
Informal A close-mouthed person, especially one who can keep a secret.
【非正式用語】 守口的人:一個嘴巴緊閉的人,尤指能保守秘密的人
Slang A dollar:
【俚語】 一塊錢:
例句:
set me back 75 clams.
花費我75塊錢

v.intr.(不及物動詞)
clammed,clam.ming,clams
To hunt for clams.
拾蛤

<常用詞組>clam up 【非正式用語】
To refuse to talk.
拒絕講話
來源:
From obsolete clam-shell [shell that clamps, clam]
源自 廢語 clam-shell [剝掉蛤殼,蛤]
from clam 2
源自 clam2

【引伸】
clam.mer
n.(名詞)

---------------另--------------
clam
clam 2

n.(名詞)
A clamp or vise.
夾具:夾鉗或老虎鉗

來源:
Middle English
中古英文
from Old English clam, clamm [bond, fetter]
源自 古英文 clam, clamm [結合,夾緊]

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